[Wikimedia-l] Re: Saudi Arabia jails two Wikipedia staff [SIC] in ‘bid to control content’

arrested in 2020, sentenced recently On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 at 14:10, Aleksey Chalabyan wrote: > Wait, jailing happened 2,3 years ago in September 2020, and we only learn > it now or is there a typo? > > Best, > Aleksey a.k.a Xelgen > > 2023 թ. հնվ 6, ուր, 2:45 Andy Mabbett > օգտատերը գրել է․ >

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Saudi Arabia jails two Wikipedia staff [SIC] in ‘bid to control content’

Wait, jailing happened 2,3 years ago in September 2020, and we only learn it now or is there a typo? Best, Aleksey a.k.a Xelgen 2023 թ. հնվ 6, ուր, 2:45 Andy Mabbett օգտատերը գրել է․ > >

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Mozilla's social media pledge

Hi all, I'm Anusha, VP of Communications at the Foundation. We share everyone’s concerns on the direction of Twitter and very much agree that values are a big part of the way we communicate and show up in the world. Over the last several weeks, we’ve been watching this issue closely. There is a

[Wikimedia-l] Saudi Arabia jails two Wikipedia staff [SIC] in ‘bid to control content’

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/05/saudi-arabia-jails-two-wikipedia-staff-in-bid-to-control-content "Administrators jailed for 32 years, and eight years, as activists warn of ploy to infiltrate website... Two high-ranking “admins” – volunteer administrators with privileged access

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Upcoming vote on the revised Enforcement Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct

Nataliia, Thanks for addressing this issue, I do think your message clarified a lot and moves us forward with some paths and goalposts. I do take objection to this statement, however. > First, the UCoC is being enforced now. Not only does it help guide the Wikimedia Foundation in its current

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Upcoming vote on the revised Enforcement Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct

Dear Chico, and Peter, dear all. Speaking as the chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, I have a few thoughts. First, the UCoC is being enforced now. Not only does it help guide the Wikimedia Foundation in its current actions (and has since it was adopted by resolution [1]), but

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Upcoming vote on the revised Enforcement Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct

An interesting standoff. I don’t suppose anyone has analysed the potential losses and gains associated with each option. If that is even possible, considering the number of unknowns. I agree that it is taking an amazingly long time, and it is not obvious why. Cheers, Peter From: Chico

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Upcoming vote on the revised Enforcement Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct

The heart of the matter is why are we voting? What is the threshold that will enact the UCoC? > Who it would be respected by. WMF and the board. We've had 3 and a half years of discussion on the UCoC and a majority vote to approve enforcement guidelines, and yet no functioning UCoC. >As

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Upcoming vote on the revised Enforcement Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct

It seems that sorting out problems that are pointed out during an approval process is not an unreasonable thing to do, as leaving them unchanged would be irresponsible and extremely likely to cause other problems later. Asking whether a vote result will be respected misses the issue of who it

[Wikimedia-l] Re: (OT) In search of Wikimedians from Lithuania / Vilnius

Greetings, You may try User:Homo ergaster - Wikipedia , who is an admin on Lithuanian Wikipedia. Also, as you may know, many Belarusians had to relocate to Lithuania after 2020 protests. So if your question does not explicitly concern the